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Game launch problems due to spaces in path (Groups : Desura : Forum : Application Linux : Game launch problems due to spaces in path) Locked
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May 31 2013 Anchor

Trying to launch Expeditions: Conquistador results in an error message:

Failed to launch item.

Failed to create Expeditions: Conquistador process. [2: desura/common/expeditions-conquistador/Expeditions Conquistador.x86_64].


The reason is revealed when looking into the Desura scripts at desura/common/expeditions-conquistador:

if [ -n $ARGS ]; then
	LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$LIB_PATH $BIN_PATH $ARGS $@
else
	LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$LIB_PATH $BIN_PATH $@
fi

Since the $BIN_PATH variable includes a space (the game executable has a space in it), it fails to launch, since everything after the space is interpreted as an argument. To fix that, $BIN_PATH should be enclosed by quotes.

Note that doing so makes it possible to launch the game from the terminal, but the Desura client still gives me the same error.

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